Without good leadership and the oversight that goes with it, the public sector – or rather the executive, administrative of operational functions of it, have effectively been allowed to run riot. Indeed, it is no accident that the public sector has become the sclerotic money pit that it has. The situation now exists where public … Continue reading The self-idolatry of the Public Sector
Category: Levelling Level: 2. Part 1: Our Past, Today
Weak Political Management
Management or rather good management is not a skill that can be taught in a school, college or university. Good management skills are based on experience that can only be gained by managing others in a real-life environment where people can only fully utilise their own skills when outcomes are clearly set, and the frameworks … Continue reading Weak Political Management
We have forgotten to value everything that is important
In the period of time immediately following the Second World War, people in this Country genuinely appreciated all that they had. Not in terms of material wealth – as rationing continued to exist into the 1950’s – but in appreciating others, their sense of community and in simply just being alive. This didn’t last long. … Continue reading We have forgotten to value everything that is important
Poor Politicians = Poor Public Sector Management = Poor Public Services
When the going gets tough, the tough get going was an adage long before the arrival of the Billy Ocean pop song of the same name in the 1980’s. Regrettably, it alludes to the reality that when times are difficult, we need strong leadership to see us through. What it doesn’t suggest, is that the … Continue reading Poor Politicians = Poor Public Sector Management = Poor Public Services
We all have responsibility for the people that we elect
With the majority of us having a level interest in politics and the quality or background of the people we vote for in elections being little more than surface deep, the political parties have been able to develop a system where politicians ranging from local councillors right up to the ministers who effectively run the … Continue reading We all have responsibility for the people that we elect
We have no alternative to more of the same (or worse) at the next General Election
We face a situation today where there will be no real choice for any of us when and if we choose to vote at the next General Election. Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, it doesn’t matter. They are all cut from the same cloth and have all played their part in creating the problems that we … Continue reading We have no alternative to more of the same (or worse) at the next General Election
To change how we are governed, we must change the people who govern us first
Taking the situation as it stands today and changing the system to one that works fairly for all as it should, cannot be achieved if it remains in the hands of anyone who either benefits from the system as it works today, or indeed believes that they could. Politicians cannot deliver balanced policies that are … Continue reading To change how we are governed, we must change the people who govern us first
Seat Blocking: The wrong parties, the wrong politicians, the wrong results and a door to democracy and good leadership that is welded shut
The top-down system that thrives on a culture of assumed deference to those in positions of influence, power or roles that traditionally attract cross-community respect is broken. Our system of governance is now dysfunctional to the point where many of the people who we should be able to trust for their integrity, purpose and ability … Continue reading Seat Blocking: The wrong parties, the wrong politicians, the wrong results and a door to democracy and good leadership that is welded shut
The abuse of power
The behavior of our MPs, the political class, the establishment that sits behind it and activist movements such as unions are the key or common components of all the problems that we now face. Some will choose to see the last two years of our political history as the only contributing factor in terms of … Continue reading The abuse of power
Our Broken System of Governance
At some point in the very distant and historic past, somebody somewhere recognised the need for some kind of service to be provided for everyone in the community, on our collective behalf. Through a process that probably began under the control of those with money, power and influence, the pathway of civilisation brought us to … Continue reading Our Broken System of Governance
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